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self-sufficient

How many syllables in self-sufficient?

  4 syllables

Divide self-sufficient into syllables:   self-suf-fi-cient
Primary syllable stress:   self-suf-fi-cient
Secondary syllable stress:   self-suf-fi-cient
How to say self-sufficient:

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